New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- A sessions court at Tis Hazari Courts has acquitted Manjeet Kharab, son of former MLA Ranbir Kharab, of all charges in a rape and criminal intimidation case, holding that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judgment was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja in FIR registered at Paschim Vihar West police station under Sections 376, 417, 323 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

The court recorded that there were material contradictions and inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecutrix, and that her version did not inspire confidence in the absence of independent corroboration.

The prosecution alleged that the accused had repeatedly established physical relations...